Sugar Rush.....

This weekend saw the second running of the Sugar Rush classic. It's not often you get to roll out of bed an hour and half before go time, have breakfast and ride 15min to the start of a race.

It had been a CRAZY hard week of training , with the World Cup just a week away the focus was on high intensity training. I was using this event as my last quality session. I was given the go ahead by my coach to ride on how I feel. And that I did, I couldn’t believe how good I felt on the day, it was one of those days you wish you could bottle up and keep for the big day. 

It was awesome having Travis come down for the race, he added to a quality field and hats off to a few of the junior riders. There is some great talent coming though the ranks.

Trav got off the line and headed straight to the front, he didn’t let anyone come though for a solid 30min. Under instructions to give 200%, not a fun day out for others. It set things nicely up for me, I got to test my legs where it counted. On the major climb of the day I went to the front and set a hard tempo, with the goal to make my move on the final climb of the day, with less then 10km to go. 

It's not often things work out the way you plan but it sure is sweet when it does. On the final climb I opened the taps and put my head down not looking back until I hit the finish line. I must say this was one of the better tracks I have ridden on the North coast, well done to the Sugar Rush team.

Another great weekend for the KargoProMTB with 5 podiums, Paul Rodenbach in the Cape, Our youngster Marko in PE. Travis, James and myself on the North Coast. Again thank you to everyone who makes this happen.